Using Neuroscience to Optimize Digital Health Interventions Across Adulthood

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Motivational Messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03744052

Pro00100499

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to investigate the extent to which brain imaging data predict health behavior change, compared to participant self-reports.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adults ages 30-80 who read/understand English, 50% male and 50% female, and a maximum of 50% will be white.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• History of head injury
• Mental illness diagnosis
• Psychoactive medication
• Psychiatric or neurological history
• Claustrophobia
• Ferrous metal implanted within the body (those with fMRI-compatible implanted devices will not be excluded, but the eligibility of their devices will be first verified.)
• Asthma, injuries, or other health conditions which inhibit daily physical activity
• Subjects must not already meet the recommended amount of physical activity of moderate-intensity physical activity for 150 minutes a week or 75 minutes at vigorous-intensity a week.
• Duke students are excluded from this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 1 patient group

Adult Participants

Experimental group

Description:

Messages regarding physical activity will be texted to participants.

Treatment:

Other: Motivational Messages